The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-30

COULDN'T do L."
Well, thea. what do You wantf a
thousand voices In the audience cry
out:
"Comfort. give us comfort"
! For that reason have rolled away
the stone from the wells mouth.
Come. all We wounded Of the flock, pur-
sued OF the wolves. come to the fount-
ain where the Lords sick and bereft
ones have come.
l shall not forget the cry OF the late
Rey. DR.. DE Witt, Of New York. when
he stood by the open grave Of his be-
loved wife, and after the obsequies
had ended. he looked down into the
open place and said;
Farewell, my honored, faithful and
beloved wife. The bond that bound
MS is severed. Thou art in glory, and
/ am here on earth. We shall meet
/ again. FAREWELL FAREWELL
To lean on prop for fifty years
and then have 1t break under you!
There were only two years difference
between the death Of my father and
mother After my mothers decease,
looking for something; he would often
get up from one room, without any
seeming reason, and go TO another
room; and then he would take his
cane and start out and some one
would say:
Father, where are you going?"
He would answer: ~ don't know
exactly where I'm going"
Always looking for something.
Though he always was a tender-heart-
ed man, never saw him cry but once,
and that was at the burial of my
mother. After sixty years living to-
gether 1t was hard to part.
And there are aged people to-day
who are feeling just such pang as
that / want TO tell them there Is per-
feet enchantment in the promises of
this gospel; and | come 10 them and
offer them my arm, or | take their arm.
and l bring them 10 this gospel well.
Sit down, father or mother, sit down.
See il there is anything in the well
for you.
And do you suppose the Lord of
heaven and earth has not as much
sympathy as the fish of the sea? But
you say, II am SO near worn out, and
l am OF no use TO God any more"
think the Lord knows whether you
are of any more use or not; ii you are
OF no more use he would have taken
YOU before this. Do you think God
has forgotten you because he has TAX
EN- care of you seventy or eighty yearsl
He thinks more of you to-day than he
ever did, because YOU think more of
Him. May the God of Abraham, and
Isaac, Jacob, and Paul the aged, be
your God forever.
But gather all the promises to-day
in group, and | ask the shepherds TO
drive their nocks Of lambs and sheep
up to the sparkling supply.
Behold, happy Is the man whom God
correcteih.
Though he cause grief, yet viii he have
compassion.
Many are the Affections of the righteous,
but the Lord delivereth him out of them
all.
Weeping may endure for "a night, but
Joy cometh in the morning.
| am determined this morning that
no one shall go out OF this house un-
comforted. Yonder Is timid and
shrinking soul who seems 10 hide away
from the consultations / am uttering,
as a child with sore hand hides away
from the physician lest he touch the
wound roughly. and the mother has to
90 and compel the little patient to
come on and see the physician. So
come TO your timid and shrinking soul
to-day, and compel you TO come out
b in the presence OF the Divine Physi-
clan. He will not hurt you. He has
g been healing wounds for many years,
and he will give you gentle and omni-
! potent medlcament But people, when
4 they have trouble, go anywhere rather
{ than TO God.
De Quincy took opium to get rid OF
, his troubles Charles Lamb took TO
! punch. Theodore Hook took 20 some
thing stronger Edwin Forrest took
, to theatrical dissipation. And men
have run all around the earth, hoping
in the quick transit 10 get away from
their misfortunes. IL has been dead
failure. There Is only one well that
can slake the thirst of an afflicted
spirit. and that is the deep and mex
/, haustible well of the gospel
But some one says in the audience:
Notwithstanding all YOU have said
.. this morning. find no alienation for
my troubles"
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